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Privilegium maius

LC control no.no2018135506
Descriptive conventionsrda
Uniform title headingPrivilegium maius
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Variant(s)Grosser Freiheitsbrief
Privilegium majus
Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, 1334-1365. Privilegium maius
Beginning date1358
Associated countryAustria
Found inPrivilegium maius, 2018: page 7 (Privilegium maius, charter forged 1358 or 1359 by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria)
GDHI, German History Documents, October 8, 2018 (Privilegium maius, 1358 or 1359; forged document purported to have been issued by Frederick I Barbarossa, making Austria an archduchy and giving its ruler many privileges; Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV declined to confirm it, suspecting forgery, but Habsburg Emperor Frederick III confirmed it in 1453; proved a forgery in 1852)
AEIOU Austrian dictionary, October 8, 2018 (Privilegium maius, grosser Freiheitsbrief)
Britannica, October 8, 2018 article Austria (1359 Rudolf IV forged a charter, the Privilegium majus, giving Austria and its ruler the status of and archduchy, and many rights and privileges)